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Self-examination in preachers was a trademark of New England Puritan preaching. “Before calling the congregation to account to God for their lives, thoughts and feelings, the minister first had to submit his own life to a withering, divine scrutiny. Only then could he project that message outward and say to his congregation with the proper combination of humility and finality, “Thus saith the Lord.”‘

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“Unless I am convinced by sacred scripture or by evident reason, I cannot recant for my conscience is held captive by the word of God and to act against conscience is neither right or safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, God help me.”